一隻淋濕的流浪貓、兩扇沒有打開的門，和一個無論如何都決定幫忙的女孩
《長椅下的貓咪》是一本免費的 7 頁兒童善良主題漫畫故事。瑪雅在雨中發現一隻躲在長椅下、全身濕透的流浪貓；她敲了兩戶人家的門，卻沒有人願意幫忙，於是把牠裹進自己的外套裡帶回家。這部作品由 ReadKidz 製作，你可以在本頁完整閱讀。
漫畫圖像為英文——每一頁後均附有讀者語言的翻譯。
The rain came down in gray curtains, soaking the pavement and drumming on every rooftop in the street.
Maya pulled her jacket tight and ran, her sneakers splashing through puddles, her bag bouncing hard against her back.
She was almost at the corner when she saw it — a small shape beneath a wooden bench, pressed flat against the ground.
雨像灰色的簾幕般落下，浸濕了人行道，也敲打著街上每一戶屋頂。
瑪雅拉緊外套往前跑，球鞋濺起一片片水花，書包在背上重重地彈跳著。
她快到轉角時看見了——一個小小的身影躲在木頭長椅下，緊緊貼著地面。
It was a cat. Soaking wet, the color of storm clouds, with its ears pinned down and its whole body trembling. It watched Maya with wide amber eyes but didn't move, not even when a car rolled past and sent a wave of cold water skimming across the pavement.
Maya crouched down.
Rain soaked through the knees of her jeans.
那是一隻貓。牠全身濕透，毛色像暴風雨的雲，耳朵垂貼著頭，整個身體都在發抖。牠用一雙睜得大大的琥珀色眼睛望著瑪雅，卻一動也不動；就連一輛車開過，讓一波冰冷的水掠過人行道時，牠也沒有動。
瑪雅蹲了下來。
雨水浸透了她牛仔褲的膝蓋。
The cat blinked at her slowly, then looked away, as if pretending not to need anything at all.
Maya pulled her jacket off and draped it over her bag, making a kind of roof.
The cat's trembling slowed, just a little.
She knocked on the nearest door — number fourteen — but nobody answered.
She knocked on number sixteen.
An old man opened it, shook his head at the cat, and closed the door again.
那隻貓慢慢眨了眨眼，接著別開視線，好像假裝自己根本不需要任何幫助。
瑪雅脫下外套，披在書包上方，做成一個簡單的小屋頂。
那隻貓的顫抖稍微緩和了一點點。
她敲了最近的一扇門——十四號——但沒有人應門。
她又敲了十六號的門。
一位老先生開了門，朝那隻貓搖搖頭，接著又把門關上了。
Maya stood on the step and looked back at the bench.
The cat was still there, watching her.
She walked back and sat beside the bench, right on the wet ground, and reached one hand underneath. The cat sniffed her fingers. Its nose was cold. Its fur was absolutely drenched. Very slowly, it pressed the top of its head against her palm.
瑪雅站在門階上，回頭望向那張長椅。
那隻貓還在那裡，望著她。
她走回去，坐在長椅旁邊濕漉漉的地上，伸出一隻手到椅子底下。那隻貓聞了聞她的手指。牠的鼻子冰冰的，毛也濕得透透的。牠非常緩慢地把頭頂輕輕貼上她的手掌。
Maya tucked the cat inside her jacket, holding it against her chest. It was heavier than it looked, and it dug its claws lightly into her sleeve, not enough to hurt, just enough to hold on. She started walking toward home again. The rain didn't slow down.
瑪雅把那隻貓塞進自己的外套裡，抱在胸前。牠比看起來還重，爪子輕輕勾住她的袖子，不會弄痛她，只是緊緊抓住不放。她又開始往家的方向走去。雨絲毫沒有變小。
Her mother opened the front door before Maya even reached the step. She took one look at her daughter — soaked through, shoes squelching, a pair of amber eyes glowing from inside the jacket — and put her hand over her mouth.
"His name is Kay," Maya said firmly, before her mother could say a single word.
瑪雅甚至還沒走上門階，媽媽就打開了前門。她看了一眼自己的女兒——全身濕透、鞋子發出濕答答的聲音，外套裡還亮著一對琥珀色的眼睛——便用手摀住了嘴。
「牠叫凱。」媽媽還沒來得及說一個字，瑪雅就堅定地說。
Kay looked up from inside the jacket. He sneezed. Then he tucked his nose under Maya's chin and stayed very, very still, listening to the rain.
凱從外套裡抬頭看了看。他打了個噴嚏，然後把鼻子鑽到瑪雅的下巴底下，一動也不動地聽著雨聲。
這個故事最有意思的地方，是沒有發生的事：沒有任何大人出面解決問題。瑪雅敲了兩戶人家的門，卻沒有得到幫助；故事並沒有懲罰那些鄰居，也沒有把他們寫成壞人——只是讓她站在門階上，決定自己接下來要怎麼做。常被告訴「快去找大人」的孩子，很少有機會看見自己主動行動是什麼樣子。她甚至在徵求同意前就先替貓取了名字，這一點很適合讓人會心一笑，也能開啟一場討論。
共七頁——篇幅短，大約五分鐘可以讀完，也很適合作為剛開始閱讀分鏡漫畫的孩子的第一本漫畫。
這部作品為 7-9 歲兒童創作，不過圖畫承載了大部分故事，所以年紀更小的讀者也能輕鬆跟上。
可以。最後一頁裡，凱依偎在瑪雅的下巴下聽著雨聲。這個故事裡，動物沒有遭遇任何傷心的事。
